A much anticipated reissue of Who Wrote the Bible?—the contemporary classic the New York Times Book Review
called “a thought-provoking [and] perceptive guide” that identifies the
individual writers of the Pentateuch and explains what they can teach
us about the origins of the Bible.
For thousands of
years, the prophet Moses was regarded as the sole author of the first
five books of the Bible, known as the Pentateuch. According to
tradition, Moses was divinely directed to write down foundational events
in the history of the world: the creation of humans, the worldwide
flood, the laws as they were handed down at Mt. Sinai, and the cycle of
Israel’s enslavement and liberation from Egypt.
However, these
stories—and their frequent discrepancies—provoke questions: why does the
first chapter in Genesis say that man and woman were made in God’s
image, while the second says that woman was made from man’s rib? Why
does one account of the flood say it lasted forty days, while another
records no less than one hundred? And why do some stories reflect the
history of southern Judah, while others seem sourced from northern
Israel?
Originally published in 1987, Richard Friedman’s Who Wrote the Bible?
joins a host of modern scholars who show that the Pentateuch was
written by at least four distinct voices—separated by borders, political
alliances, and particular moments in history—then connected by
brilliant editors. Rather than cast doubt onto the legitimacy of the
Bible, Friedman uses these divergent accounts to illuminate a text that
was written by real people. Friedman’s seminal and bestselling text is a
comprehensive and authoritative answer to the question: just who
exactly wrote the Bible?
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